4/13/11
Today we needed to find our own materials scattered around the Third Form Space and constuct an object no bigger than a acorn squash that could keep an egg from breaking after being thrown from the Fourth Form Space. It was every man for himself and materials were scarce so people had to make do with what they had.
In the begining my idea was to use a paper plate as a parachute and a gatorade bottle suspended from it filled with cotton balls and my egg. I really thought the paper plate was great until I filled my bottle with cotton balls and it fell like a rock. I knew then that mine was a total failure because of how fast it fell and that Chen told me it wouldn't work. I was basically out of ideas when I remmeber that there is always extra trash bags underneath existing ones so I snagged one with the last minutes until egg drop and clipped it on.
The trash bag was a success because the Fourth Form Space was the perfect height so that the bag fully inflated right before the ground so it slowed up incredibly but also didn't get taken by the winds. The egg drop was a success and I'm wondering if there will be a third round with different rules.
Bill Hoadley
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